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N'. SKOULIKIDES.

SHOE. APPLICATION FILI-:D AuG,aI. w15.

Lmg, Pama, oet. 23,1917.1

NICOLAS SKOULIKIDES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23. 191'?.

Application led August 31, 1915. Serial No. 48,149.

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Be it known that' I. NICOLAS SKOULI- Kiers, residing at. New York, inthe county of Kew York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Shoesof which the following is aspecification. l

This ,invention relates to improvements in shoes. y y

The particular objectv of the invention is to provide a new;l andimproved type of shoe having the general appearance of those now incoininon use but possessing a greater degree of iiexibility and easeYupon thev foot of the wearer. y

A further object is to provide a shoe whichzis exceedingly durable andwhich may be manufactured inexpensively.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointedout. in the course of the following description of the elements,combinations. arrangements of parts and applications of principles.constituting thev invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicatedcin the appended claims.

1n the accompanying;` drawings which are to be taken as a parl of Jthisspecification, and in which 1 havey shown a merely preferred form ofembodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a shoe constructed in accordancewith the provisionsof this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional cBentral view through thestructure shown in' 4Fig. is a transverse fragmentary sectional viewtaken upon the plane of line lll-lll of Fig. 1; and

Fig. upon the plane of line lV-V of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings or a detailed description of the structureillustrated, the reference character L indicates the shoe ilpperl, lThismay be formed with suitable means for fastening the shoe upon the footof the wearer. as for instance with the eyelets 1 provided in .flaps 2.The forward end of the upper terminates with the lower end of the flaps,as at 3, while the lower end of the upper, throughout, continues 'as theinner shoe.

4 is a transverse sectional view taken downwardly, as at 4, andinwardly, as at 5, bene-ath the marginal edge of the inner sole (l. Thepart is preferably fixed to the inner sole by stitches or the like '7.

' The toe piece, as Gr, of the shoe, terminates A tongue l13 is arrangedbetween the flaps 2 and is connected to the upper rear edge of the toepiece Gr 'preferably by being stitched thereto as at 14. Thelongitudinal edges of the tongue may be stitched to the flaps ifdesired, as at 15.

It will be observed that the parts thus 'far described in detailconstitute a complete foot form or what will be hereinafterv referred toAll of these parts are fixedly connected together and could be worn as asoft shoe if desired'.

In order to give the required stiffness, and of course te add to the,wearing qualities, an outer shoe H is provided. The' outer shoe Hconsists essentially of a single piece of leather or the like havingits'central portion 16 underlying the entire extent of -the inner soleand having marginal portions 17 turned upwardly about the. sides ofotlieinner shoe, as clearly indicated. The Aouter shoe is connected to theinner shoe preferably by stitching as 1S, extending along the edge ofthe upturned parts 17. A sole piece 19 is connected to the forward partof the outer slice and a heel piece 20 is connected to thc rear part. ofthe outer shoe for increasing the wearing qualities and for giving`added stiifness to the partsl where stiffness desirable. A reinforceor` counter 21 may be. arranged at the heel ofthe shoe. This may bepositioned between the inner and outer shoe if desired. or it may bepositioned upon the exterior surface of the outer slice for the sake ofornamentation, as illustrated.

The sole piece 19 does not eXtend across the arch of the shoe, and hasno connection with the heel piece. The structure is thus @2t Leases@left quite soft and flexible through the arch and no seams occur in thearch which are liable to be broken in use.

After the inner shoe is made, the outer shoe, with the heel and solepieces attached, is slipped over the inner shoe and stitched in place,as described, and the entire shoe is then complete. This method ofmanufacture considerably cheapens the product and is therefore animportant consideration in connection with this invention.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the following claims, itis intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a' limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the'elass-describtal, eom prising an' inner shoe and anouter shoe, the inner shoe consisting of an inner sole, a single pieceof material shaped to form a toe part extending from the forward end.

of the inner sole approximately to the instep, the marginal portions ofsaid piece of material being turned downwardly and in'- wardly and beingconnected to the adjacent marginal portions of the inner sole tocomplete the toe part of the iimer shoe, a Second single sheet ofmaterial shaped to form an upper extending from the rear end of theinner sole forwardly having its for- `ward portion connected to the rearportion of the toe part, and having its lower marginal portion turnedinwardly and being connected to thi adjacent marginal portions of theinnerl sole to complete the rear part of the inner shoe, and the outershoe comprising also a single sheet of material underlying the entireextent of the inner sole and having integral marginal parts turnedupwardly and extending above the marginal edges otl the inner sole andinto4 overlapping relation with the pieces of material forming the toeportion and upper, the marginal part which overlaps the piece ofmaterial forming the upper extending upwardly for a greater distancethan the marginal part overlapping the toe portion, and the uppermarginal edge portion of the piece of n1aterial forming the outer shoebeing stitched to the pieces of material forming the inner shoe, therelatively great extent of the outer shoe over the upper as comparedwith the relatively less extent of the outer shoe over the toe partproviding an increased reinforcement and support for the heel and instepparts of the shoe.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an inner shoe and anouter shoe, the inner shoe consisting of an inner sole, a single pieceof material shaped to form a toe part extending from the forward end ofthe inner sole approximately to the instep, the marginal portions ofsaid piece of material being turned downwardly and inwardly-and beingconnected to the adjacent marginal portions of the inner sole tocomplete the toe part of the inner shoe, a second singlel sheet ofmaterial shaped to .form an upper extending from thc rear .end of the11mmsole forwardly having its forward portion connected to the rearportion of the toe part, and having its lower marginal portion turnedinwardly and being connected to the adjacent marginal portions of theinner sole" to complete the rear part of the inner shoe, and the outershoe comprising also a single sheet of material underlying the entireextent of the inner sole and having integral marginal parts turnedupwardly and extending above the marginal edges ot' the inner sole andinto overlapping relation with the pieces of material forming the toeportion and upper, the marginal pait which overlaps the piece ofmaterial forming the upper extending upwardly for a greater distancethan the marginal part overlapping the toc portion, the upper marginaledge.

portion of the piece of material forming the outer shoe being stitched.to lthe pieces of material forming the inner shoe, the relatively greatextent of the outer shoe over the upper as compared with the relativelyless extent of the outer shoe over the toe part providing an increasedi'eiiifoi'reinent and support for the heel and instep parts of the shoe,a sole piece fixed to the under surface of the outer shoe, a separaleljVformed counter fitted over the outer surface of the heel part of theouter shoe being fixed to the material of the outer shoe h v its marginal edges, the counter having aportion extending beneath the heelpart ot' the outer shoe, and a heel piece fixed to said last mentionedportion.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

N. SKUULHHDES.

Witnesses:

Z. CH. Zarnzinns,

W. H. EVANS.

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